M13405: A Yacht and Three Warships in a Storm

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M13405

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)

Title

A Yacht and Three Warships in a Storm

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Two Signal Barrels
Series/Book Title: Sea Storms

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1665

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/255800

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

12.5 × 27.7 cm (4 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: E De T Bechtel [within a rectangular borderline (Lugt 4707)]
• inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: W: Hollar inu: et fec: 1665.
• watermark: [illegible]
• inscription: verso, brown ink: C1BX
• inscription: verso, graphite: I[or T]./5
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,405

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/ii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 1839, Pennington 1273

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel

Accession Year

1957

Object Number

M13405

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 4707

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